France-based Jware Technologies, a provider of secure electronic payment transaction software, has chosen Verizon Business to support its certification to a new payment card industry standard. Verizon’ security solutions team is assessing Jware’ payment applications to help ensure they meet the requirements for the new Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) certification.
Jware said that the new PA-DSS standard provides a secure payment applications that do not store prohibited data, including full magnetic stripe, PIN data and other sensitive data-identification methods. Verizon will conduct a thorough audit of Jware Technologies’ solutions to support the company’s bid to validate PA-DSS certification, before the end of 2009.
Arnaud Crouzet, Chief Marketing Officer, Jware Technologies, said: Our customers need robust, secure payment solutions based on market standards to ensure they themselves remain fully compliant with global standards designed to protect the consumer. Our solutions are already PCI DSS compliant, and with the help of the knowledge and expertise of Verizon Business’ professional security solutions team, we will be able to ensure that our software solutions are also fully compliant with the new PA-DSS certification.”
Toufic Daaboul, PCI DSS Development Manager, Verizon Business, said: A strong security foundation is crucial to success in the financial transactions market. Jware Technologies offers its customers a comprehensive framework of advanced transaction solutions that are easy to deploy, highly scalable and secure and compliance with industry standards is absolutely business-critical if these solutions there are able to meet its customers’ specific needs.
